Masks, Gowns, and More
Over 8,000 face masks, headbands, caps, and gowns were sewn.
Shout-out to the 300+ sewing volunteer crew lead by Michelle, Pat, Sarah, Susan, Celia, Paula, Patty, LeeAnn, Julie.
The Seamstresses & Sewers of Durango came together early in the Covid-19 crisis to provide essential soft good to medical facilities in the Four Corners Region, ably supported by Stitch who provided initial patterns.
MakerLab members & Fort Lewis college ensured that the sewing group had a good supply of non-woven house wrap cut to shape ready to be assembled into gowns.
Make your own mask:
There are a number of resources online for instructions to make masks of varying complexities, a few are linked below. If you’re in need of material(s) for a mask do reach out to local Durango, Colorado company, Stitch, who will be happy to help you find the material you need.
- No-Sew Mask – Jan Howell
- No-sew Mask – from Reddit via Facebook
- Colorado Mask Project – written instructions are particularly good.
- CDC Advice
Open Source
We are committed to an open source model and share our mask instructions and gown patterns and instructions freely. Of course, a donation to our project would be greatly appreciated but not required.